Bilingual Youth Worker

Full Time
Womelsdorf, PA 19567
Posted
Job description
Starting rate up to $20 per hour.
Overview

Do you have a passion for helping children and youth realize their full potential? Are you looking to join a committed and collaborative team that strives to show up and provide our best selves and best work? Bethany Children's Home is looking to add to our Youth Worker Team on its Womelsdorf campus!

A Day in the Life

Are you ready to jump in!? You’ll be joining some pretty awesome, dedicated and compassionate Team Members who carry out our mission on a daily basis. You’ll be the role model, mentor and life experience extraordinaire to our youth, who are residing with us on a temporary basis. Assisting with all daily living activities, you’ll be helping with meals, education and programming fun. This can include, but is not limited to, transporting to off-campus appointments, promoting a safe and healthy environment, modeling life skill development, and other responsibilities as assigned.

Bethany Children’s Home Helping Hands program is a temporary residential shelter care service for unaccompanied migrant children (“youth”), who have no lawful immigration status in the United States, are under the age of 18, have been detained without legal parent or guardian, and are seeking asylum in the United States. Most of the youth are originally from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala or Mexico and speak Spanish as their native language. All youth in Helping Hands are in the legal custody of the federal government and in the physical custody of Bethany Children’s Home. While in Bethany's care, we work to connect youth with their intended sponsor families in the United States and assist in their transition to the next step in their journeys.
The Ideal Candidate

You have a minimum of a high school diploma and, preferably, prior experience working with a school-aged population. You are bilingual, able to demonstrate fluency in both Spanish and English languages. You are knowledgeable in delivering trauma-informed care to others (or are ready and willing to learn!). You're able to communicate effectively by balancing listening and speaking, writing clearly, and influencing others. You're able to demonstrate excellent teamwork skills by being helpful, accountable, respectful and approachable. You seek out learning opportunities and are hungry for more. You’re able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and can easily reprioritize as needs arise.

Full-time candidates seeking 2nd shift must be available to work 2:30pm to 10:30pm, including every other weekend.
Full-time candidates seeking 3rd shift must be available to work 10:30pm to 6:30am, including every other weekend.
Bethany does not require that Team Members be vaccinated against COVID-19 or the seasonal flu; however, as a Joint Commission accredited organization, Bethany recommends getting vaccinations according to CDC guidelines and is required to document each Team Member's vaccination status. If you join our Team, you will be given the opportunity to either produce a copy of your vaccination record or sign a declination form if you have chosen to not receive the COVID-19 and/or the seasonal influenza vaccinations.
Why Work for Us?
At Bethany, we believe that every Team Member is essential in creating a safe, supportive environment to walk alongside our youth as they heal. We'll provide you the resources and support to grow as an Ideal Team Player with the tools to best prepare you to serve in a trauma-informed environment. Don't just take our word for it; here's what one of our Team Members recently had to say on social media about his experience as a Bethany Team Member:
"...You all know how much I love my job, but to me, it’s not a job, but a passion. A passion that daily when I come here, along with hundreds of other Team Members, I have a chance to impact young lives for the better and help them to find their very best as they become young adults. I'm proud to be part of this team... that protects and helps our Youth feel safe. There is no better feeling."
Plus, our benefits are pretty amazing! Some highlights include:
  • Zero cost health insurance for all Team Members;
  • Generous PTO plan including more than 4 weeks off in first year;
  • Ten paid holidays per year;
  • Substantial tuition assistance after one (1) year of service; and
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.

Who We Are

Bethany Children's Home is a Joint Commission Accredited non-profit residential services provider in rural Berks County, just outside of Reading, PA. Bethany's mission is to provide a safe place of nurture, protection, and supportive care to aid our residents in their self-understanding, growth, and healing toward a brighter, healthier future.

Bethany is committed to actively expressing inclusiveness and welcomes all people with no boundaries of age, race, ethnicity, culture, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, economic condition, physical or mental ability, faith background, marital standing or family structure. EOE

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